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2nd Annual Canuck Awards

01-23-2010, 02:56 PM

Gentlemen of SWDC, as you are all aware, our esteemed member comahan prepares and delivers an awards show, called the Commie Awards, every year. However, last year, he approached me, and one of our other beloved members, Fischbowl, and asked us to do a similar award show as a precursor to his far superior and prestigious presentation. If the Commie Awards are SWDC's version of The Oscars, the Canuck Awards would be the Golden Globes.

So with that said, and with the Commie Awards a mere week away, I present to you the 2010, and 2nd Annual Canuck Awards! My lovely partner fischbowl was not available to assist me this year, so I've been doing this thing Han style..Solo! Hit the spoiler below to see last year's winners.

The Canuck Awards have been significantly altered this year, with the adding and removing of several categories.

This has been a somewhat down year for movies, an interesting paradox considering the Oscars have upped the number of best picture nominees to 10. However, there was still plenty of quality to be found amongst the rubble left by duds such as Transformers 2 and G.I Joe. So without further ado, I present your 2010 Canuck Award Nominations! Winners will be announced tomorrow night. Feel free to comment, post predictions, or whatever else tickles your fancy.

Best Visual Effects ·Avatar ·The Lovely Bones ·Star Trek·Where the Wild Things Are·Watchmen Best Screenplay ·Up in the Air·500 Days of Summer·Inglourious Basterds ·Where the Wild Things Are·The Fantastic Mr. FoxBest Director ·James Cameron, Avatar·Wes Anderson, The Fantastic Mr. Fox ·Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds ·Duncan Jones, Moon ·Marc Webb, 500 Days of Summer Best Motion Picture - Drama·Avatar ·Moon ·The Hurt Locker ·Up in The Air ·An Education Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama ·Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side·Carey Mulligan, An Education ·Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds ·Victoria Blunt, Young Victoria·Natalie Portman, BrothersBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama ·George Clooney, Up in the Air ·Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker·Sam Rockwell, Moon·Viggo Mortenson, The Road ·Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama ·Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air ·Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air ·Marion Cotillard, Public Enemies·Rachel Weisz, The Lovely Bones·Zoe Saldana, Avatar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama ·Woody Harrelson, The Messenger·Matt Damon, Invictus·Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds ·Peter Sarsgaard, An Education ·Brad Pitt, Inglourious Basterds Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical·500 Days of Summer ·The Hangover·Zombieland·Away We Go·Sherlock Holmes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical ·Meryl Streep, Julia and Julia ·Zooey Deschanel, 500 Days of Summer ·Emma Stone, Zombieland·Meryl Streep, Its Complicated·Rachel McAdams, Sherlock Holmes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical ·Joseph Gordon Levitt, 500 Days of Summer·Zach Galifianakas, The Hangover·Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes·Matt Damon, The Informant!·Alec Baldwin, Its Complicated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical ·Rashida Jones, I Love You Man ·Mila Kunis, Extract ·Emily Blunt, Sunshine Cleaning ·Amy Adams, Julia and Julia ·Leslie Mann, Funny People Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical ·Jason Segel, I Love You Man ·Jude Law, Sherlock Holmes·Woody Harrelson, Zombieland·Rhys Ifans, Pirate Radio ·Bill Nighy, Pirate Radio Best Animated Feature Film·UP! ·Coraline ·Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs·The Fantastic Mr. Fox ·9

EDIT: An important disclaimer: I have not seen A Single Man, Crazy Heart, Nine, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Bright Star, The Damned United, or Precious.

Reasoning: Do I really need to explain? This was the biggest lock of the century. While some of the other films featured some impressive visual effects, none came close to the mind-blowing immersion of Avatar.

Originally posted by Mr. Goosemahn

The APS is strong in this one.

Originally posted by killxswitch

Tears for Fears is better than whatever it is you happen to be thinking about right now.

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Best Screenplay ·Up in the Air·500 Days of Summer·Inglourious Basterds ·Where the Wild Things Are·The Fantastic Mr. Fox

And the award goes to...

Reasoning: While all the aforementioned movies featured strong stricts, the beautiful extended dialogue scenes and the willingness to rewrite history in an attempt to make a more entertaining movie earn Basterds the win. Quentin Tarantino may be an arrogant prick, but he writes dialogue like no one else.

Originally posted by Mr. Goosemahn

The APS is strong in this one.

Originally posted by killxswitch

Tears for Fears is better than whatever it is you happen to be thinking about right now.